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The Saucon Valley Conservancy will hold an outdoor craft and flea market 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 16 at the Michael Heller Farm in Lower Saucon Township. Spaces are available for $12. Bring your own table. The event is a fund-raiser for the rebuilding and restoration of the Heller Farm. For information, call 838-8271. The Hellertown Area Library is looking for sponsors for its young adult summer reading program. The program is open to children in seventh grade and up. For each book read, the reader can enter a drawing for prizes.

by KATHRYN WILLIAMS (A free-lance story for The Morning Call) | April 21, 1996

When the Eugene Ballet Company premiered its production of "Alice in Wonderland" in Oregon in 1993, critic Martha Ullman West wrote, " `Alice' deserves a bigger audience than it had in Eugene." The statement turned out to be prophetic. Within two years, the company had merged with Ballet Idaho, acquiring an extra hometown audience. This year, under the name of Western Ballet Theatre, the company is touring its production of "Alice" as part of Columbia Artists' Community Concert Series.

Cellist Fran Rowell, a former Allentown resident who performs with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, has recorded a CD of duets with four friends. On "Cello Plus: Duets for Cello," Rowell joins bassist Domenick Fiore on Rossini's Duetto for Cello and Bass, Robin Kani on Villa-Lobos' "Assobio a Jato (The Jet Whistle)" for Flute and Cello and Adria Benjamin on two pieces for viola and cello by Rebecca Clarke. Her sister, Mary, teams on a Ravel sonata for violin and cello. Clark Ferguson, owner with his wife, Gail, of Bearswamp Studios in Macungie, recorded the CD in September 1994 at the Gillette Photography studios in Emmaus.

Because of space considerations, two paragraphs were not included in a theater review of Civic Little Theatre's "Follies," which appeared in yesterday's A.M. Magazine: Other standouts: "One More Kiss," a duet by Heidi Schiller and the Young Heidi (perfectly paired Susan Glover and Jennifer Gelber); "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" by Phyllis Stone (fetchingly dynamic Pat Birnbaum); "The God Why Don't You Love Me Blues" by Buddy Plummer (wildly comic Larry Roth sporting a pink "sports car" prop)

by PHILIP A. METZGER (A free-lance story for The Morning Call) | June 12, 1995

The Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe, where the Laurel Festival opened its sixth season Friday night, is a music venue in development, and one of the areas in need of development is its acoustics. At least that night the sound in the hall was so booming and reverberant that much of the nuance of the playing of Mi-Young Park, violin, and Pong-Hi Park, piano, could not be heard. The evening also included one unnecessary annoyance. During the concert someone came to the front of the stage and took a couple of flash pictures.

Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor, given its first complete U.S. performance in 1900 by the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, is the foundation of the Bach Festival. Annually, its performance is the measure of the festival. Yesterday, the 88th Bethlehem performance of the baroque choral masterpiece proved the festival world-class. The 110-voice Bach Choir was sharp in its attack at virtually every turn in the complex and challenging work. The 36-member Bach Festival Orchestra was responsive to the score's nuances.

by JOHN FLAUTZ (A free-lance story for The Morning Call) | April 7, 1995

There's mighty little to criticize about the production of "Tintypes" at PA STAGE. Five entertainers, three of whom have appeared before at downtown Allentown's regional professional theater, put on an evening of song, dance and snappy patter from theater, vaudeville and other popular American music mined from the archives of the turn of the 20th century. The Gay '90s, the ragtime era, the Sousa band, Victor Herbert, Anna Held, Gus Edwards, George M. Cohan, Bert Williams -- name a beloved oldie from the days of straw boaters and high-button shoes and the chances are it, she, or he is featured somewhere in "Tintypes."

by MYRA YELLIN OUTWATER (A free-lance story for The Morning Call) | December 23, 1994

Since 1991, when they founded Opera Works Inc., a nine-member touring company of singers and musicians, Pottsville residents Cora Gamelin and Paul Miller have dedicated themselves to popularizing opera in Schuylkill County-area schools. On Wednesday, the group will reach out to another audience -- families -- when Opera Works performs Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" at the Schuylkill Arts Center in Pottsville. "We were looking for a program with holiday significance and we decided that `Hansel and Gretel' was a perfect choice.

David Cullen, a Reading-area guitarist who has worked with William Ackerman and Ralph Towner, among others, will give two solo performances tonight at Allentown's Open Space Gallery. The shows, at 8 and 10 p.m., will be part of a benefit for the Allentown arts space. Tickets are expected to be available at the door. Information: 432-3091. In a recent telephone interview from his home, Cullen described his playing style as having a "Windham Hill guitar sound with a little bit of a jazzier, bluesier kick."

Despite a steady rain that fell throughout his 90-minute Kunstplatz concert yesterday, Canadian singer-songwrighter Dan Hill presented a consistent set of tuneful folk-edged pop songs to a diehard crowd of 1,500 people. "You guys are amazing, you're troopers," Hill said before launching into his hit "Can't We Try Just a Little Bit Harder?" sung as a duet with vocalist Rique Franks adding soaring harmonies. With his signature raspy-edged voice, Hill alternately belted and whispered on songs that included his trademark love songs as well as story-songs about topics ranging from parenthood to politicians to disillusionment with ideals of the 60s. Backed up by John Sheard on keyboard and vocals and Paul Parmore on bass and vocals, Hill and Franks sizzled on a cover of one of Hill's parents' favorites, a jazzy version of "Baby, It's Cold Outside."